Unrivaled announced today that Texas Christian University star guard Olivia Miles has been signed to a multi-year playing contract. Miles, a projected lottery pick in Monday\u2019s WNBA Draft, is coming off a career-best 19.6-point-per-game season in which she led TCU to the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n
Unrivaled, a 3-on-3 professional women\u2019s basketball league co-founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, is entering its third season, which will begin in January of 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to join the long list of incredible players playing in Unrivaled,\u201d Miles said in an official statement. \u201cThis league is building something special for the women\u2019s game, and I\u2019m excited to be a part of its long-term growth. I can\u2019t wait to hit the floor next winter to compete alongside the absolute best in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Previously, Miles joined Unrivaled through an NIL deal as part of the league\u2019s Future is Unrivaled Class of 2025, designed to empower the next generation of women\u2019s basketball stars on and off the court. But now, as she turns pro, she is signing a full basketball contract with the league, becoming the latest in a long line of basketball phenoms to join.<\/p>\n
Before transferring to TCU, Miles spent four years at Notre Dame. The 5\u201910 guard is expected to be a Top 5 pick in Monday\u2019s WNBA Draft.<\/p>\n
Unrivaled already boasts a slew of women\u2019s basketball\u2019s best young players, a list that includes Paige Bueckers, Kiki Iriafen, Aaliyah Edwards, Sonia Citron, Dominique Malonga, and Rickea Jackson, among others. The league also includes many of the league\u2019s more veteran players, like Collier, Skylar Diggins, Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Chelsea Gray, and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unrivaled announced today that Texas Christian University star guard Olivia Miles has been signed to a multi-year playing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-599318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}